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1. (adj.) ingenious
characterized by cleverness or originality of invention:
an ingenious argument.
2. ingenious
cleverly inventive; resourceful:
an ingenious mechanic.
3. ingenious
Obs.
4. ingenious
intelligent; showing genius.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L ingeniōsus)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) clever, cunning, ingenious
showing inventiveness and skill
"a clever gadget"; "the cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious solution to the problem"
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1. (adjective) ingenious
showing great creativity or imagination
The idea was ingenious.; an ingenious inventor
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| Definition of 'ingenious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) ingenious
possessed of genius, or the faculty of invention; skillful or promp to invent; having an aptitude to contrive, or to form new combinations; as, an ingenious author, mechanic
2. (adj) ingenious
proseeding from, pertaining to, or characterized by, genius or ingenuity; of curious design, structure, or mechanism; as, an ingenious model, or machine; an ingenious scheme, contrivance, etc
3. (adj) ingenious
witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply
4. (adj) ingenious
mental; intellectual
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Sense: (of a person or his personality etc) clever at inventing
He was ingenious at making up new games for the children.
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 Afrikaans: vernuftig |
 Arabic: بارِع، واسِع الحيلَه |
 Bulgarian: находчив |
 Brazilian: engenhoso |
 Czech: vynalézavý |
 German: erfinderisch |
 Danish: opfindsom |
 Greek: πολυμήχανος, εφευρετικός |
 Spanish: ingenioso |
 Estonian: leidlik |
 Farsi: دارای نبوغ |
 Finnish: nerokas |
 French: ingénieux |
 Hebrew: חָכָם |
 Hindi: सच्चा |
 Croatian: dosjetljiv |
 Hungarian: találékony, leleményes |
 Indonesian: pintar, banyak akal |
 Icelandic: snjall, hugvitssamur |
 Italian: ingegnoso |
 Japanese: 巧みな |
 Korean: 발명 재간이 있는 |
 Lithuanian: išradingas |
 Latvian: atjautīgs |
 Malay: banyak akal |
 Dutch: vindingrijk |
 Norwegian: sinnrik, oppfinnsom |
 Polish: pomysłowy |
 Persian: دارای نبوغ |
 Pashto: نبوغ لرونكي |
 Portuguese: engenhoso |
 Romanian: ingenios |
 Russian: изобретательный |
 Slovak: vynaliezavý |
 Slovenian: iznajdljiv |
 Serbian: genijalan |
 Swedish: fyndig, påhittig |
 Thai: ชาญฉลาด |
 Turkish: yaratıcı, zeki |
 Taiwanese: 靈巧的 |
 Ukrainian: винахідливий; майстерний |
 Urdu: موجد، ذہین |
 Vietnamese: khéo léo |
 Chinese: 机灵的 |
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